Detergent composition and method of making it



Patented Apr. 1931 arm? n WILLSIE, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

DETERGENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING 1'! Bio Drawing.

The objects of my invention are to provide a detergent powder especially useful in cleansing the hands; which will leave the skin in a soft condition and tend to prevent 5 redness and chapping; which will loosen dirt from the fine lines of the skin and from under the nails; which will tend to keep the cuticle in a soft natural condition; and which can be used advantageously by machinists with very 1o soiled hands and also by'women with tender skin.

I attain these and other objects by the means and methods set forth in the following specification, and more particularly by combining (1) an emollient to soften the skin and to assist in cleansing, (2) a soap adapted to lather with the other ingredients upon the addition of water, (3) granules adapted to loosen dirt from the fine lines of the skin and from under the nails and to divide the soap and to carry the emollient. Besides these ingredients the detergent preferably contains a perfume and a water soluble dye.

For an emollient the applicant has used lard, lanolin, tallow, a cottonseed oil lard substitute, glycerol, a hydrocarbon like petroleum jelly, oleic acid, or a mixture of some of these. However an emollient should be chosen that will not become rancid, or hard,

so or prevent saponification, or have a disagreeable odor, or an injurious effect upon the skin and should preferably act as a preservative to the vegetable granules. The applicant prefers glycerol, or for some purposes, petro 85 leum jelly.

The vegetable granules may consist of rather finely granulated seeds, as the various meals, or even finely ground cork or saw dust.

The applicant prefers what'is known in the 40 trade as fine corn meal. Vegetable granules are preferred to sand orpumice.

The soap should be a good grade of toilet soap, kind to the skin. With potassium soaps glycerol should be used but with hard dry soda soaps any of the emollients may be used.

Application filed April 23, 1928. Serial No. 272,361.

The applicant prefers a very fine soap powder lllilde from olive oil mixed with some 'cocoa o1 The variety of proportions in which these ingredients may be combined and still make a somewhat successful product is rather large, as illustrated by the following examples. Too much corn meal results in a powder that feels too gritty, falls too easily from the hands, and too little is not so cleansing. Too much emollient results in a greasy paste that leaves the hands too sticky, and too little does not soften the skin. Too much soap produces cakes that do not lather quickly, and too little doesnot give sufficient lather. The preferred proportions run from 60% to of corn meal, and from 10% to 30% of soap, and from 5% to 20% of emollient. A mixture of 66% of corn meal with 11% of emollient and 22% of soap gives satisfactory results to many 55 users. There may be used one-half of one per cent of perfume and one-tenth of one per cent of color. From one to four per cent of the mixture is allowed for the dye and perfume and their solvent. The dye and the perfume 7 are stirred into Water as a solvent and this then stirred into glycerol when that is used. The proportions are by weight. Mixing temperatures are generally around 100 F. but should be above the melting point of the emol- 75 lient. The product is a greasy powder, more or less sticky, according to the amount and kind of emollient and amount of drying. A good way to use this detergent is to place a teaspoonful or less upon a water-wetted 30 palm. The palms are rubbed together to form a thick, heavy, greasy lather, which is then rubbed over the hands, on the cuticle, and under the nails. After rinsing and dryin%a nail point is used.

mample 1.Into 66 parts of corn meal which has been dyed pink and dried and perfumed is stirred 11 parts of refined petroleum jelly. \Vhen each particle of meal has been coated with the petroleum jelly, 22 parts of 90 a toilet soap either in fine flake, or powder form, is then thoroughly stirred into the mixture so that the soap adheres to jelly coated meal particles.

Example 2.Into 60 parts of corn meal is stirred 19 parts of glycerol carrying the dye and perfume. When each granule of the meal hasvbeen coated with the glycerol 20 parts of soap in fine flake or owder form is then thoroughly stirred into t e mixture.

Ewample 3.-Into 67 parts of corn meal is stirred a mixture of 12 parts of glycerol, carrying 3 parts of the dye and perfume, and 2 parts of petroleum jelly. When the meal has been thoroughly coated, 16 parts of dry flaked or powdered soap is stirred or milled onto the coated meal.

Example {w -Into 66 parts of corn meal is 'stirred'lfi parts of glycerol carrying the dye and perfume. Then 17 parts of potassium soft soap is stirred onto the coated meal. 1

Example 5.Into 73 parts of corn meal is stirred 13 parts of glycerol carrying the dye and perfume. When the meal is well coated and colored, 13 parts of dry soap powder is stirred onto the coated meal.

Example 6.Into 16 parts of glycerol is stirred 4 parts of olive-green dye, rose geranium perfume, and water. This is then mixed with 64 parts of fine corn meal. When the meal has been thoroughly coated, 16 parts of fine olive oil soap powder is stirred onto the coated meal.

Example /".Into 12 parts of glycerol is stirred 4 parts of olive-green dye, pine needle perfume, and water. This is then mixed with 72 parts of fine corn meal.- When the meal has been thoroughly coated, 12 parts of fine olive oil soap powder is stirred onto the coated meal.

Example 8.-Into 10 parts of glycerol is stirred 4 parts of olive-green dye and water. This is then stirred onto 76 parts of coarse corn meal. When the meal has been thoroughly coated, a mixture of 5 parts of fine olive oil soap powder and 5 parts of fine tallow soap powder is stirred onto the coated meal.

The products of these examples are preferably allowed to stand a day or more, and then stirred again before packing.

What I claim as new and for which I desire to secure Letters Patent is:

1. A skin softening and cleansing product and substantially uniformly distributed on the vegetable powder.

Signed at Cleveland in the county of Cuyahoia and State of Ohio this 20th day of granules so as to form a greasy April, D. 1928.

HENRY. E. WILLSIE.

comprising soap and an emollient in approximately the same proportions substantially uniformly distributed on sufficient initially dry vegetable granules to form' a greasy powder.

2. A skin softening and cleansing product comprising soap and glycerol in approximately the same proportions substantially uniformly distributed on sufficient initially 

